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Iran’s regime is not moderate and the West should recognise that.

The Iranian regime continues to carry out ballistic missile tests in defiance of resolutions by the U.N. Security Council and the agreements reached between Iran and six world powers last summer.

Compulsory Fasting in Gohardasht (Rajaishahr) Prison

On the morning of Tuesday 7th June 2016, the brutal prison guards under pretext of the time of Ramadan, put pressure on the prisoners and cut the gas and water utilities of 2 wards (known as Dar-AlQoran).  These brutal guards have threatened the prisoners that they will be moved to the dangerous wards of prison, unless they fast.

World must not ignore “ethnic cleansing” in Iraq

Struan Stevenson, President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA), has released a new statement about the ongoing human rights atrocities in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, 43 miles from Baghdad. The following is the text of his press release.

Time for the West to listen to the Iranian people

It is time for the West to listen to those who have experienced the Iranian regime’s abuses firsthand, argues Nasser Sharif, president of the California Society for Democracy in Iran. He made the argument in an op-ed published in The Orange County Register on Friday, June 10, 2016:

Iran’s lobby funding journalists to attack the MEK

(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran):

There have been numerous critics of the US/Iran nuclear deal from US Republicans to the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

7 hanged in Iran cities

Seven prisoners have been hanged in the Iranian cities Mashhad, Shiraz and Tehran. On Tuesday June 7 state-affiliated Rokna news agency reported the deaths of three men, aged 30, 35 and 40 whom were tried by the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad.

Iran’s economy continues to suffer, case in point: Gachsaran

The year before the construction of Gotvand Dam in 1989 started, managers of the Iran Water and Power Resources Management Company decided that the dam lake should be located right on the salt domes of Gachsaran.

Iran’s tattered economy continues to be the subject of damning reports revealing the extent of the country’s economic depression. 60% of industrial and manufacturing units in the county of Gachsaran, southwest Iran, are currently closed.

Iran threatens fast-breakers with lashes

Those who break fast in public will be “strongly” dealt with according to Mostafa Haghi, a senior Golestan Judiciary representative. The holy month of Ramadan began this week, if caught in public eating during daylight hours imprisonment and flogging will be used.

Propaganda clip released by Iranian regime to recruit Afghans to fight in Syria

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has published an article about the new promotional video clip the Iranian regime has issued in an attempt to recruit Afghan nationals to join the war in Syria in support of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

The six-minute clip has been made and broadcast by Ofogh TV, a state television channel. Fars news agency is another state media agency that has shown and distributed the clip.

Iran: Eleven million people lack access to basic amenities

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have published an article on the poor living conditions of millions of Iranian people. The Iranian Interior Minister, Rahmani Fazli, on Monday 6th June said in parliament that there are 11 million people living in shanty towns, with 3 million of these living in the outskirts of Tehran, Mashhad and Ahwaz.